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Does Otter Tail's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.43×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Otter Tail's revenue?

Otter Tail reported revenue of $1.3B for FY2025, with net profit of $275.9M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Otter Tail (OTTR)?

Otter Tail last traded at $89.51 (+0.3% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Otter Tail

OTTR · NYSE · Utilities · United States

Snapshot

TickerOTTR

ExchangeNYSE

SectorUtilities

IndustryConglomerates

CountryUnited States

Employees2,198

HeadquartersFergus Falls, United States

Websitewww.ottertail.com

Filings tracked19

About Otter Tail

Otter Tail Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in electric utility, manufacturing, and plastic pipe businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Electric, Manufacturing, and Plastics. The Electric segment generates, purchases, transmissions, distributes, and sells electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and operates as a participant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator markets. This segment generates electricity through coal, fuel oil, solar, wind, and natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Its Manufacturing segment engages in metal fabrication services for custom machine parts and metal components and manufacturing thermoformed plastic products for use in the agriculture, construction, horticulture, industrial, lawn and garden, recreational vehicle, and other end markets. These businesses have manufacturing facilities in Georgia, Illinois, and Minnesota and sell products primarily in the United States. The Plastics segment manufactures polyvinyl chloride pipes for municipal water, rural water, wastewater, storm drainage and water reclamation system, and other uses for customers in the horticulture, medical and life sciences, industrial, recreation, and electronics industries. This segment markets its products through independent sales representatives, company salespersons, and customer service representatives. Otter Tail Corporation was incorporated in 1907 and is headquartered in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Who owns it

Insiders2.1%
Institutions78.6%
Public & other19.3%

462 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.15.62%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC7.14%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.50%
State Street Corporation3.92%
LSV Asset Management2.83%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.65%
Morgan Stanley2.11%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1.97%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.43×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend21.8% → 21.2%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Growth qualityrev -2% · PAT -3%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $310.8M · EPS 1.15

Est. earnings growth -6.9%

Next fiscal year

Rev $1.4B · EPS 5.33

Est. earnings growth -12.3%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.3B

Net margin

21.2%

ROE

14.8%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-1.7%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-3.2%

EPS (FY2025)

6.55

Net profit (FY2025)

$275.9M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.3B	$275.9M	6.55	21.2%	14.8%
FY2024	$1.3B	$301.7M	7.17	22.7%	18.1%
FY2023	$1.3B	$294.2M	7.00	21.8%	20.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$334.4M	$-7.6M	-0.18	-2.3%
2026Q1	$347.0M	$72.6M	1.73	20.9%
2025Q3	$325.6M	$78.3M	1.86	24.0%
2025Q2	$333.0M	$77.7M	1.85	23.3%
2025Q1	$337.4M	$68.1M	1.62	20.2%
2024Q3	$338.0M	$85.5M	2.03	25.3%
2024Q2	$342.3M	$87.0M	2.07	25.4%
2024Q1	$347.1M	$74.3M	1.77	21.4%
2023Q3	$358.1M	$92.0M	2.19	25.7%
2023Q2	$338.1M	$82.0M	1.95	24.2%
2023Q1	$340.3M	$62.5M	1.49	18.4%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/5/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/4/2026material
8-K — Material agreement
SEC6/18/2026material
8-K — Material financial obligation
SEC6/5/2026material
8-K — Material agreement
SEC5/29/2026material
8-K — Other events
SEC5/15/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/6/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/15/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/14/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC3/23/2026material
10-K/A filing
SEC2/23/2026
10-K filing
SEC2/18/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/17/2026material

2025

8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC12/18/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/5/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/4/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/6/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/5/2025material

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